Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings (hey, we all know it's 'great literature,' but some would categorize it as a book for young people, so I'm using it)! Who knows, The Hobbit may dethrone it in a month.

(1) Funniest, (2) saddest, and (3) favorite death scenes for a secondary character (answer one of each or answer one and leave the others for the next poster - your choice)?

Spoiler:

For funniest, I'd go with either Sulley in Commando or the extremely extended death of Paul Reubens' character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

To be honest, 'Dating' doesn't really work that way in the UK. At least, not in my experience.

Generally, people tend to get together by being together at larger social gatherings or more informal situations and peeling off at some point. The semi-formal date invite so beloved of American TV is pretty rare around these parts.

I've been out for dinner/cinema/theatre/etc. plenty of times with people I am already going out with but the idea of taking someone out for a date seems a bit odd.

To be honest, 'Dating' doesn't really work that way in the UK. At least, not in my experience.

Generally, people tend to get together by being together at larger social gatherings or more informal situations and peeling off at some point. The semi-formal date invite so beloved of American TV is pretty rare around these parts.

I've been out for dinner/cinema/theatre/etc. plenty of times with people I am already going out with but the idea of taking someone out for a date seems a bit odd.

To be honest, 'Dating' doesn't really work that way in the UK. At least, not in my experience.

Generally, people tend to get together by being together at larger social gatherings or more informal situations and peeling off at some point. The semi-formal date invite so beloved of American TV is pretty rare around these parts.

I've been out for dinner/cinema/theatre/etc. plenty of times with people I am already going out with but the idea of taking someone out for a date seems a bit odd.

Just my experience.

Yes, we were two people out of a half-dozen who went to the movie.

Maybe you are just Americans with funny accents?

Nope, you're Brits who don't know what's good for you. ;D

And, I suppose I would call that sitting next to someone at a cinema, rather than a date: the great thing about a shared language is that we can find loads of ways to misunderstand each other.

I don't think there's actually anything in my player at the moment. I think the most recent thing we watched was Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.

As for buying movies... I've mostly stopped buying movies. I did have Brave in my shopping cart at Costco but ended up putting it back. I will probably buy The Dark Knight Rises, and buy a copy of Prometheus and/or Alien for my 14-year-old for Christmas.

In honor of the upcoming Hobbit movie, how about your 3 favorite fantasy films that are not Tolkien-related.

And I'll give it back again - same question, this time with the stipulation that "fantasy" = magic/swords and sorcery/non-high-tech, excluding magical things in the present day, future, or sci-fi milieus.

Really? Advanced robotics, ion drives, particle beam weaponry, space travel, no there is plenty of science in Star Wars. It is that the science is taken for granted to focus on the story. And the story is a fantasy.